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This is a very rare Navigation equipment panel with maker label attached to the back of it still with most of its maker markings clear to see. The panel is located in the middle of the fuselage in the Navigator’s position.
This aluminium made panel is missing all of its part attached to front of it and has some damage from the impact of the crash it has ripped and bent. The panel still with lots of original black paintwork it has been very nicely cleaned but is still dirty in places from the recovery but still retains a lot of its original colours and is a nice size at 11 inches long by 6 inches wide it is perfect for display or any collection. The panel is from German Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-4 Condor number 0140 on return from patrol crashed in to mountains in Norway on 27 December 1942.The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with pictures also diagram and map.
On 27 December 1942, a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-4 Condor (Werk-Nummer 0140, code F8+AK) belonging to the Luftwaffe unit 2./I./KG 40 crashed into Mount Kvitanosi in the Stølsheimen mountains of Hordaland, Norway. The maritime patrol aircraft struck the mountain slope in severe winter weather while returning to its base at Stavanger-Sola. Out of the six crew members on board, four were killed—including pilot Oberleutnant Waldemar Hackel—while two injured crewmen survived a grueling trek down the mountain to find help. Today, wreckage remains on the mountain, though significant sections (including the port wing) were recovered in 2009 to aid in a major Fw 200 restoration project.
Fatalities (4 KIA):
Oberleutnant Waldemar Hackel (Pilot / Officer in Command)
Unteroffizier Adolf Liebscher (Pilot)
Feldwebel Erwin Kopp (Radio Operator)
Gefreiter Karl Pech [1]
Survivors (2 injured):
Unteroffizier Walter Schwartz (Radio Operator)
Gefreiter Fritz Albrechts (Mechanic)
This is a very rare item from an aircraft flown by a famous German ace it is a electrical distribution box for the MG 131/151 machine guns which distributes and switches power to the aircraft’s armament components,
The box is aluminium made still with some electrical connectors still attached and with lots of original gray paintwork and red undercoat primer still with lots of original colour it is 7 inches long and 4 half inches wide in size it has some damage from the crash and being buried but nothing bad. The box is still very solid and have been very well cleaned it is perfect condition for display or any collection. The part comes from Messerschmitt Bf 110 number 5477 flown by ace Hauptmann August Geiger shot down on 29 September 1943 in the Netherlands. The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information sheets with pictures also map and diagram.
On the night of September 29, 1943, the German Luftwaffe night fighter Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 (Werknummer 5477 / squadron code G9+ER) took off from Twente airfield to intercept Allied bombers. Flying with the unit 7./NJG 1, the aircraft was shot down at 20:35 over the Netherlands by British Wing Commander J.R.D. "Bob" Braham in an RAF No. 141 Squadron Beaufighter. The damaged twin-engine fighter plunged into the IJsselmeer (Zuider Zee) approximately 8 kilometres northwest of Harderwijk. Both crew members, the decorated ace Hauptmann August Geiger and his radio operator Feldwebel D. Koch, lost their lives in the crash and are buried today at the Ysselsteyn military cemetery.
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This is a massive part to get from a crash site of a German bomber shot down later in the war with a very famous witness and very rare recognisable part. The huge part is totally rare original yellow painted fuselage insignia section with very clear to see paintwork remains.
The part is a lot of sections still riveted together it is aluminium made the whole part has some original gray/green paintwork remains. The part has been very well cleaned it still has a lot of original colours this is a very large part at 27 inches long by 5 inches wide and is a very rare one for display or any collection. The part comes from German Messerschmitt ME 410A of 16/KG2 which was on night intruder raid on London at 12.45pm on the 23rd February 1944 when it was shot down by anti-aircraft fire from battery S7 in Slough it crashed into the hillside and field then exploded near Andridge Farm in Radnage, Buckinghamshire in England. The part comes with 3 x A5 laminated information sheets with pictures also diagrams and its famous witness.
A.I.(k) Report states that the aircraft was observed approaching from the North at a low altitude. The engines were heard to rev up, and the aircraft suddenly dived into the ground and caught fire. There was no explosion, but the wreckage was spread over a wide area.
The crew Leutnant Felix Muller and gefreiter Karl Heinz Borowski were both killed. The aircraft impacted into a hillside narrowly missing the farmhouse roof. The farmhouse was being occupied at that time by a young Oliver Reed who would go on to be the famous actor and his nanny. He visited the crash site the following day and was quite traumatised by what he saw and in later life wrote about the crash in his autobiography. The crash site was excavated in October and November 1971 and again in the early 1990’s.
This is a massive part to get from a crash site of a German bomber shot down later in the war with a very famous witness and very rare recognisable part. The huge part is totally rare tailwheel support structure of the aircraft which is the main frame that goes around the tail wheel.
The part is a lot of sections still riveted together it is aluminium made the whole part has some original gray/green paintwork remains. The part has been very well cleaned it still has a lot of original colours this is a very large part at 19 inches long by 10 inches wide and is a very rare one for display or any collection. The part comes from German Messerschmitt ME 410A of 16/KG2 which was on night intruder raid on London at 12.45pm on the 23rd February 1944 when it was shot down by anti-aircraft fire from battery S7 in Slough it crashed into the hillside and field then exploded near Andridge Farm in Radnage, Buckinghamshire in England. The part comes with 3 x A5 laminated information sheets with pictures also diagrams and its famous witness.
A.I.(k) Report states that the aircraft was observed approaching from the North at a low altitude. The engines were heard to rev up, and the aircraft suddenly dived into the ground and caught fire. There was no explosion, but the wreckage was spread over a wide area.
The crew Leutnant Felix Muller and gefreiter Karl Heinz Borowski were both killed. The aircraft impacted into a hillside narrowly missing the farmhouse roof. The farmhouse was being occupied at that time by a young Oliver Reed who would go on to be the famous actor and his nanny. He visited the crash site the following day and was quite traumatised by what he saw and in later life wrote about the crash in his autobiography. The crash site was excavated in October and November 1971 and again in the early 1990’s.
This is a nice and very rare massive centre fuselage section from beneath pilots cockpit the aluminium and steel structure section with lots of its blue undercoat primer paint remains this was only used by Japanese air force. The part still has its steel connector bracket on one side and is a few parts still connected together it has been nicely cleaned and retains a lot of its original colours it has ripped, bent and smashed by the impact of the crash it is 26 inches by 10 inches in size and is perfect for display and a rare one for the collection. The part has been recovered from the crash site of a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter shot down and crashed during the air war over the Island of Guadlcanal from the 1942-1943 battlefield. A very rare part to get hold of from the war in the Pacific.. The part comes with 3xA5 laminated information cards with pictures and diagrams.
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This is a nice and very rare massive centre fuselage section from beneath pilots cockpit the aluminium and steel structure section with lots of its blue undercoat primer paint remains this was only used by Japanese air force. The part still has its steel connector bracket on one side and is a few parts still connected together it has been nicely cleaned and retains a lot of its original colours it has ripped, bent and smashed by the impact of the crash it is 26 inches by 10 inches in size and is perfect for display and a rare one for the collection. The part has been recovered from the crash site of a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter shot down and crashed during the air war over the Island of Guadlcanal from the 1942-1943 battlefield. A very rare part to get hold of from the war in the Pacific.. The part comes with 3xA5 laminated information cards with pictures and diagrams.